[Singing in Lakotan]
Soon I will be here no more
Youll hear the tale
Through my blood
Through my people
And the
eagles cry
The bear within will never lay to rest
Wandering on Horizon Road
Following the trail of tears
White man
came
Saw the blessed land
We cared, you took
You fought, we lost
Not the war but an unfair fight
Sceneries painted
beautiful in blood
Wandering on Horizon Road
Following the trail of tears
Once we were here
Where we have lived since the
world began
Since time itself gave us this land
[Singing in Lakotan]
Our souls will join again the wild
Our home in
peace n war n death
Wandering on Horizon Road...
Following the trail of tears
Once we were here
Where we have been since
the world began
Since time itself gave us this land
[Poem in Lakotan:]
Hanhepi iyuha mi ihanbla ohinni yelo
An
sunkmanitutankapi hena,
sunkawakanpi watogha hena,
oblaye tankapi oihankesni hena
Tatepi kin asni kiyasni
he
akatanhanpi iwankal
Oblaye tanka kin
osicesni mitakuyepi An
Makoce kin wakan
Wakan Tanka kin An
Miwicala
ohinni - Hanhepi iyuha
kici - Anpetu iyuha kici yelo
Mi yececa hehaka kin yelo, na
ni yececa sunkmanitutankapi
kin ka
mikaga wowasaka isom
Uncinpi tuweni nitaku keyas ta ku
Unwakupi ecela e wiconi
wanji unmakainapi ta yelo
Anpetu
waste e wan olowan
le talowan winyan ta yelo
Unwanagi pi lel e nita itokab ota ye
Untapi itokab ota
Na e kte ena
An hanska ohakap
ni itansni au nita ni ihanke yelo
[Poem English translation:]
"I still dream every night
Of them wolves,
them mustangs, those endless prairies
The restless winds over mountaintops
The unspoilt frontier of my kith nkin
The hallowed
land of the Great Spirit
I still believe
In every night
In every day
I am like the caribou
And you like the wolves that
make me stronger
We never owed you anything
Our only debt is one life for our Mother
It was a good day to chant this song
For
Her
Our spirit was here long before you
Long before us
And long will it be after your pride brings you to your end
"
